Story by Dean Case
August of 1963 marked the end of an era; the reign of the roadsters was over. The modern Indy roadster had evolved after World War II into a deceptively sophisticated device, brutally fast on the high speed Indy oval. Racing exclusively on ovals, the cars were very asymmetrical a…
That was cool to read and thank you very much for sharing this peice of history.
Boy does that story bring backmemories. I was 16 and had my driver's license less than a year. In 1962 I and my high school buddies were all rooting for Micky Thompson, mostly because, I think, he dared to challenge the establishment Offys with a Buick! None of us had ever seen an Offenhauser motor. One of the car magazines that year ran the article title: "Thirty-two Offys and a Buick." At that time that Buick motor was itself something of a novelty, being aluminum and smaller displacement when everything out of Detroit and Dearborn was cast iron. Thanks for the write-up. That was a fun read.
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